Don't miss this valuable workshop. Leadership tools for forward-thinking, dedicated green building / design professionals and advocates, or anyone involved with sustainability looking to advance their career or manage / lead others more effectively. Workshop with leading authors, Kathleen O'Brien and Ann Edminster. Book signing to follow.

Looking for the next step in your sustainability career? Dominican University of California has a broad range of sustainability programs to prepare you for a career that you can feed good about. Take a moment to explore our Sustainability Programs below and join us on June 19th for a FREE Info Session to learn more about starting this Fall 2012. RSVP Now >>

With its awesome natural beauty and creative population, Marin County is a nexus for innovation, design and entrepreneurship. Marinnovation highlights Marin's vibrant, creative culture and showcases the technologies, designs and ventures that are developing here right now. Marinnovation marks Marin's emergence from the shadow of Silicon Valley to shine as a catalyst for new ideas, cutting edge technologies and sustainable economic development.

The Sustainable Enterprise Conference is the North Bay’s Green Business Forum

May 11, 2012, 8am to 5pmSonoma Mountain Village, Rohnert Park, CA

The Sustainable Enterprise Conference is a day-long learning and networking conference dedicated to helping North Bay businesses, academic, government and non-profit organizations transition to economic, environmental, and social sustainability.

The 2012 Conference program provides organizations and individuals with the latest information on how innovation and sustainability will drive the economy while preserving the resources needed for a prosperous future.

Special Screening and Discussion of the Award Winning Film by Species Alliance in appreciation of Earth Day 2012

Please Join The United Nations Association of Marin and the Dominican Green Club for a FREE Special Screening and Discussion of the Award Winning Film by Species Alliance in appreciation of Earth Day 2012.

April 14, 2012, 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM PDT

Join us for an introduction to the Cleantech Open, the world's largest cleantech accelerator. You will learn about our annual Business Competition, an opportunity to accelerate your cleantech startup with expert training, national visibility and up to $250,000 of cash and services. Beyond great networking, the event will include a brief presentation about how you can get involved as a volunteer, mentor, judge or more.

Co-Presented by Marin Organic and Marin Agricultural Land Trust

Food movement pioneer Joel Salatin's business card reads: 'Food Choice Advocate, Dream Doer.' He describes his occupation as "mob-stocking herbivorous solar conversion lignified carbon sequestration fertilization." Salatin was featured in Michael Pollan's Omnivore's Dilemma and is a now a popular speaker across the country, inspiring thousands with his humorous and conviction-based lectures. He has written nine books and the most recent, Folks, This Ain't Normal, conveys the gravity of the ecological and cultural crisis our country is facing. Join us for a light tasting of local food, lecture and book signing with Salatin, and see how you can "re-find your responsibilities to this Earth we call our nest."

Meet students from Team Academy in Mondragon, Spain & the Mondragon Cooperative Corporation (MCC), a $24 billion worker-owned cooperative of 120 businesses. Living principled commitments to customers and workers, Mondragon promotes innovation, community, socio-entrepreneurial results, participative democracy, social transformation – and "the subordinated nature of capital." Since 1956, the MCC has been financially successful by putting people before profits, & cooperatively sharing in the profits. Even during Spain's current economic recession, there have been no lay-offs at the Mondragon Cooperatives.

Dan Imhoff, author of Food Fight (Second Edition) and Ken Cook, Executive Director of the Environmental Working Group, present a revealing picture of how the 2012 Farm Bill – also deemed the Food Bill – will impact local food security, public health, and the ecological and economic sustainability of our regional food system. Their talk will explore how the 2012 Farm Bill could help cultivate a more vibrant, sustainable and equitable food system, and how every one of us can contribute to shaping the outcome of this critical federal legislation.

Crafting a Game Plan for Achieving Financial Security, Sustainability, and Peace of Mind

Dominican University of California Net Impact Chapter, a group of MBA students using the power of business to build a more socially and environmentally sustainable world, will host a discussion with Spencer Sherman, bestselling author and CEO of Abacus Wealth Partners, on Tuesday, March 6. The event begins at 6:30 p.m. in Guzman Lecture Hall. Free parking is available in the lot at the intersection of Grand and Acacia avenues in San Rafael.

Sherman will discuss his step-by-step plan for achieving greater prosperity, sustainability, and peace of mind — even in today's turbulent economy.